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I want to make it
perfectly clear,"
Willing said, "if you
are underage and
consuming alcohol
in Carol Stream,
you will be arrested.
Police said 12 teenagers were arrested for consumption of
alcohol by a minor following a complaint of a loud party at a
home no longer occupied by the family of one of the
suspects.
Police said the June 21 arrests were unrelated to the
Jonathan Petit investigation. Petit, 16, was found dead in a
pond at Mitchell Lakes Park earlier that morning.
Carol Stream Police Chief Rick Willing said the arrests were
made in the evening hours.
Mother, son get jail time for drinking party
Published: 12/20/2007 3:15 PM | Updated: 12/21/2007 12:13 AM
A Hanover Park mother and son were sentenced Thursday to spend four
weekends at DuPage County jail for hosting an underage drinking party
that led to a teen's accidental drowning.

Joanne Zagone, 51, and her 22-year-old son, Kenneth Pomella, pleaded
guilty Nov. 19 to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Pomella also admitted guilt to endangering the life of a minor and delivery
of alcohol to a minor at the June 17, 2005, party.

In addition to jail time, mother and son each were sentenced to one year of
probation. They each must pay $500 in fines and participate in a victim
impact panel. Pomella also must complete 100 hours of community
service with a anti-drinking group such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
2 Arlington Hts. teens cited for underage
drinking

Two Arlington Heights teens have been cited with underage drinking after an
Arlington Heights police officer discovered the pair passed out on the 1500
block of Highland Drive Saturday night.

Arlington Heights police spokesman Doug Hajek said an officer passing
Juliette Low School on patrol around 9:45 p.m. Saturday saw a girl passed
out on the side of the road.
After the girl spoke with her parents, Hajek said, the parents told officers a
second girl also may be passed out somewhere on the school grounds.

A second search of the campus revealed a second 15-year-old unconscious
on the school's playground area.
Both girls were taken to Northwest Community Hospital by paramedics,
Hajek said. Their conditions were not known Monday.
12 teens arrested on underage drinking charges in
Round Lake Park
Published: 7/21/2009

Round Lake Park police say a dozen underage drinkers were
arrested in two separate incidents Sunday and Monday.

Police Chief George Filenko said authorities were summoned to
the first incident at 12:57 a.m. Sunday when an anonymous caller
reported teenagers were entering and exiting a house through a
bedroom window. He said the tipster also heard glass bottles
loudly knocking together at the home in the 500 block of
Greenwood Avenue.
"Not in my backyard??"
Orland Park man charged after throwing wild party
Published 9/1/09
Buffalo Grove
An Orland Park man was charged with disorderly conduct and
possession of a replica firearm after a large party he recently
threw in a vacant apartment in the 15800 block of Orlan Brook
Drive got loud and out of control, police said.

Daniel Long, 20, of the 8700 block of West 169th Street was also
charged with keeping a disorderly house after several tenants
complained to police about the party which had allegedly been
going on for three days, police said. The arresting officers saw
several revelers tossing beer cans, paper goods and flower pots
off a third-floor balcony, police said.